Elastic body belt



Feb. 28, 1928.

G. B. LINNEY ELASTIC BODY BELT Filed March 17. 1927 Patented Feb. 28; 1928.

UNITED STATES 1,660,451 PATENT oF'uc GEORGE B. LINNEY, 0] OSCEOLA, MISSOUBL ELASTIC BODY BELT.

Application filed March 17, 1927. Serial No. 176,045.

the constant elastic pressure exerted on the i clothes of the wearer, the garments are more firmly held in position and prevented from working up or down as so commonly results when rigid belts are worn.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of elastic means in the belt which will be durable in construction and which will consist of few parts, cheap to manufacture and readily assembled.

One of the features of the invention resides in the provision of a flat mounting bar for the spring, one end of the bar being rebent to form an abutment for one end of the spring, the other end of the bar being extended laterally and rebent to provide means engaging the cross bar of the belt buckle.

Another feature of the invention resides in the provision of an unique end plate or cap for the end of the belt, the said cap being provided with an opening through which the spring mounting bar extends, whereby the end cap forms an abutment for the other end of the spring.

Other features and advantages will ap ear from time to time as the description 0 the invention progresses.

It is believed a further disclosure of the invention will be understood most readily from a detailed description thereof taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a face or plan view of the meeting ends of a belt, showing in dotted lines the spring tension means located within one end of the belt;

Fig.2 is a section substantially'on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view of one end of the belt showing a portion of the end cap removed to more clearly illustrate the manner in which the belt portions are cut away adjacent to the spring to permit the free passage therethrough of the spring and spring mounting bar, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the spring tension means detached from the belt.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference characters indicate the same parts in the several views:

10 indicates in general a belt formed of two layers or strips 11 and 12 of leather or other suitable material stitched together on the edges, as indicated at 13. The spring supporting bar 14 is preferably formed of relatively thin sheet metal and the rear end 15 thereof is rebent to form an abutment for one end of the compression spring 16 positioned about the bar 14. The bar 14 at the end remote from the rebent portion 15 has integral therewith the wider portion 1'? which is rebent, as shown at 18, to provide a loop within which is received the cross bar 19 of the belt buckle 20.

Overlying one end of the belt is the substantially U-shaped end cap or plate 21 which is secured to the end of the belt by means of the rivets 22 which pass through the sides or flanges of the cap 21 and also the end portions of the belt layers positioned therebetween. The end cap 21 is provided centrally with an opening 23 through which extends the shank or bar 14. The opening 23 is of a size sufficient to permit the free movement of the bar 14 therethrough, but to prevent the passage of the spring 16. It will be obvious, therefore, that this end cap forms an abutment for one end of the spring 16, and that the spring is confined between this cap and the rebent portion 15.

In order that the spring 16 and bar 14 may move freely between the flanges of the end cap or plate 21, the layers 11 and 12 are cut away at the ends thereof adjacent to the spring 16, as indicated at 25. The cut away portions 25 are of a width slightly greater than the width of the spring 16 and extend substantially to the free edges of the end plate 21.

As the end plate 21 is secured to one end of the belt, and the bar 14 to which the buckle 20 is secured is freely movable through the slot 23 in the end plate, it will be obvious that the bar 14 will move in and out due to the varying tensions on the belt sections, the spring 16 being compressed between the returned portion 15 on the bar 14 and the end plate.

It is to be understood that the ordinary belt loops commonly provided on body belts are intended to be used with the belt of the present disclosure. These loopshave, however, been omitted from the drawi s, as it is believed their illustration wo d serve merely to obscure the other parts.

Inconstructing the belt herein disclosed the belt proper is made complete, one end oi the belt layers bein cut away or notched as shown at 25. e tension device with the buckle attached thereto, if desired, is assembled as a separate complete unit. This unit without the buckle is illustrated in Fig. 4. Bar 14 with the spring 16 thereon is then slid within the end of the belt between the layers, the end of the belt occupyin the en plate 21 in an obvious manner. The rivets 22 are then inserted through the flan es as the plate 21 and the end portions of e belt and the assembly of the structure is com lete.

Whi e in the drawings and in the above description only what is now believed to be the referred embodiment of the invention has n disclosed, it is to be understood that many modifications and variations are contem ated. The invention, therefore, should limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In an elastic body belt, a strap consisting of two layers of flexible material secured together at their parallel edges, a spring supporting bar, a coil compression spring on said bar, a spring abutment at one end of said bar, the said bar ,and spring bein positioned within one end of said belt ietween the said layers, means at the other end of said bar securing said bar to the belt buckle, and end plate for the said belt having a slot therein through which the said bar is free to slide and means sethe said plate about the end of said 2. In an elastic body belt, a strap consisting of two layers of flexible material stitched together at their parallel edges, a spring supporting bar, a coil compression spring on said bar, the end of said bar being extended laterally to provide a spring abutment, the said bar and spring being positioned within one end of said belt between the said layers, means at the other end of said bar securing said bar to the belt buckle, a substantially U-shaped cap for one end of a position between the flanges ofsaid belt, said cap having a slot therein through which the said bar is free to slide,

and means for securing said end cap about the end of said belt.

3. In an elastic body belt, a strap consisting of two layers of flexible material stitched together at their parallel edges, a spring supporting bar of flat sheet metal, a coil compression spring onsaid bar, the end ofsaid bar being rebent to provide a ring abutment, the said bar and spring eing positioned within one end of said elt be tween the said layers, means at the other end of said bar securing said bar to the belt buckle, a substantially U-shaped cap for one end of said belt, said cap having a slot therein through which the said bar is free to slide, and means for securing said end cap about the end of said belt.

4. In an elastic body belt, a strap consisting of two layers of flexible material stitched together at their parallel edges, a spring supporting bar, a coil compression spring on said bar, a spring abutment at one end of said bar, the said bar and spring being positioned within the end of said belt between the said layers, means at the other end of said bar securing said bar to the belt buckle, a U-shaped end cap for said belt, said cap having a slot therein through which the said bar is free to slide, means securing the end of the belt between the flanges of the said end cap, the said layers being cut away withinthe said end cap in the region occupied by the said spring.

5. In an elastic body belt, a belt consisting of two layers of flexible material stitched together at their parallel edges, a spring supporting bar of flat sheet metal, a

coil compression spring on said bar, one end of said bar being rebent to provide an abutment for the end of said spring, the said bar and spring'b'eing positioned within the end of said belt between the said layers, means at the other end of said bar securing said bar to the belt buckle, a U-shaped end cap for said belt, said cap having a slot therein through which the said bar is free to slide, means securing the end of the belt between the flanges of the said end cap, the said layers being cut away within the said end cap in the region occupied by the said spring.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification.

GEORGE B. LINNEY. 

